Unrestricted Artistic Vision Quotes

For a long time I was free. I didn't belong to any type of studio, or any company. I kept a sort of freedom and a light touch.

The real artists are ultimately people who don't consider their audience and are almost incapable of considering their audience. They can do what they do and fire themselves up.

My art side is free and there are no strings attached.

I've been so spoiled in the theater, writing plays where I can just do exactly what I want and nobody messes with me.

I would design for anybody who gives me a free hand and who doesn't sit on my head.

Leaving Def Jam was kind of a blessing in disguise because we can make whatever record we want.

Netflix really trusts us. We don't get a lot of network notes. They're not coming back all the time like, 'Oh, this is too sad,' or 'This is too weird.'

Really, when I write a book I'm the only one I have to please. That's the beauty of writing a book instead of a screenplay.

I love the idea of stepping out of the band situation into a solo world with no boundaries, no expectations, where nothing is out of bounds.

'Ruined' was a play which was somewhat of an anomaly in that I did not take a commission until it was finished because I really wanted to explore the subject matter unencumbered. Otherwise, I felt as though I'd have the voice of dramaturges and literary managers saying, 'This is great, but we'll never be able to produce it.'

It feels very, very good to make a film freely, to work without having to wait years for script approval, without looking over your shoulder.

I think I've had pretty good experiences for the most part with the people who have directed my screenplays. It's more that I wanted to see what it would be like if I didn't have to collaborate with anybody, to have a sense of purity of the thing from beginning to end. I liked doing it. It's really different from writing. Directing is a more pragmatic experience, where you have to deal with the restrictions of time and money that force you to make certain decisions you don't have to make when you're writing.

The serious artist must be as open as nature. Nature does not give all of herself in a paragraph. She is rugged and not set apart into discreet categories.

When we finally came to start work on this, the joy was it was only Joel and I, we didn't have to answer to anybody, and we didn't have to submit a screen play or anything like that. We just wrote it and then made it.